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PROPOSED  PLAN 


FOR 


A    NOMINATIVE    AND    ELECTIVE    SYSTEM    BASED 

UPON  THE  EIGHTS,  POWERS  AND  DUTIES  OF 

THE  PEOPLE,  COMPRISING  A  SYSTEM  OF 

CHECKS  BY  WHICH  FEAUD  IN  THE 

NOMINATIVE  AND  ELECTIVE 

.POWERS  OF  THE  PEOPLE 
•Jt^fi£D  THEIE  LEGIS- 
JfcATORSISPRE- 
!    VENTED. 


BY    URIAH    B.    THOMAS, 

Author  and  Proprietor. 


SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIFORNIA. 
1886. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1879,  by 

U.  B.  THOMAS, 
In  the  office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 


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A/ 

OUR  present  system  of  choosing  representatives  of  the 
people  utterly  fails  to  give  a  fair  expression  and  force  to 
their  will,  and  in  the  injustice  of  this  failure  lie  the  seeds 
of  revolution  and  destruction  to  our  free  government. 

The  objects  sought  to  be  obtained  by  the  following 
system  are — 

First.  To  organize  the  industrial  elements  of  society 
in  one  political  body,  under  rules  so  just  and  simple,  that 
it  will  commend  itself  to  all  who  examine  it  with  attention. 

Second.  To  abolish  dishonest  and  corrupt  practices  in 
the  politics  of  our  country,  by  avoiding  the  use  of  party 
conventions  in  the  nojo^ferabfi^of  public  officers,  having 
all  such  nominations  made  directly  by  the  people. 

Third.  To  educate  the  people  in  the  science  of  gov- 
ernment by  Local,  State,  Territorial  and  National 
organizations. 

Fourth.  To  purify  legislation  and  restrict  it  to  the 
requirements  of  the  people,  as  expressed  in  their  platform 
of  principles  and  policy  emanating  from  the  Local,  State, 
Territorial  or  National  organizations. 

Fifth.     To  secure  honest  lawmakers — 

1st.  By  depriving  them  of  all  opportunity  of  selling 
their  vote. 

2d.  By  the  people  to  first  adopt  all  proposed  laws 
before  being  legalized  by  legislative  enactment,  thus  se- 
curing a  fair  expression  in  their  government. 


PREFACE. 


Sixth.  To  secure  to  the  people  the  just  and  equitable 
fruits  of  their  labor  and  enterprise — 

1st.     By  controlling  the  political  system  of  the  country. 

2d.     By  controlling  the  law-making  power. 

3d.  By  controlling  finance,  land  and  all  questions 
involving  the  rights,  comforts  and  happiness  of  the 
people. 

Seventh.  To  set  an  example,  from  the  workings  of 
the  following  plan,  by  which  the  President,  Vice-Presi- 
dent,  Senators  and  all  other  officers  of  the  Local,  State, 
Territorial  and  National  government  may  be  nominated 
and  elected  directly  by  the  people,  thus  avoiding  the 
dangers  that  have  arisen,  from  time  to  time,  under  the 
representative  and  electoral  system. 

Eighth.  This  plan  is  designed  to  convert  our  present 
representative  system  to  that  of  "  a  government  by  the 
people  and  for  the  people ; "  to  preserve  order  in  our 
political  ranks ;  to  secure  the  objects  and  aims  of  the 
party ;  to  prevent  any  possible  intrigue  from  outside 
political  tricksters,  and  to  defeat  the  most  wicked 
conspiracy  of  systematically  organized  capital,  tending 
towards  the  centralization  of  wealth,  successfully  carried 
on  through  our  present  financial,  legislative  and  political 
system. 

Why  may  not  these  objects  be  attained  by  a  judicious 
use  of  the  ballot,  as  herein  set  forth,  with  harmony,  per- 
severance and  in  accord  with  equitable  laws  and  by  the 
majority  RULE  ? 

THE  AUTHOR. 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  July,  1886. 


CONTENTS. 


ARTICLE  I.     ORGANIZATION.  PAGE. 

Sec.  1.  Name 9 

Sec.  2.   Composition  of  Departments 9 

Sec.  3.   Executive  Departments,  how  composed 9 

ARTICLE  II.     COUNTY,  STATE  AND  NATIONAL  NOMINATION. 

Sec.  1.  Uniform  in  time 10 

Sec.  2.   Nomination  of  Officers • 10 

Sec.  3.  Nomination  of  Party  Officers 10 

ARTICLE  III.     LOCAL  UNIONS. 

Sec.  1.  Where  Located 10 

Sec.  2.  How  Represented 10 

Sec.  3.  Duty  of  Local  Unions 11 

ARTICLE  IV.     WHO  MAY  VOTE  IN  UNIONS. 

Register  of  Membership 11 

ARTICLE  V.    PROPOSALS  FOR  NOMINATION. 

Sec.  1.  Proposition  for   Nomination 1.1 

Sec.  2.  Nominees  to  be  Registered 11 

Sec.  3.  Register  of  Nomination  Closed : 11 

Sec.  4.   Acceptance  of  Nomination 11 

Sec.  5.  Duty  of  Nominees 11 

Sec.  6.  Election  for  Nomination 12 

ARTICLE  VI.  UNION  BOARDS  OF  ELECTION  —  THEIR 
POWERS  AND  DUTIES  DEFINED. 

Sec.  1.  Canvassers 12 

Sec.  2.  Supervision  of  Elections 12 

Sec.  3.  Publishing  Election  Returns  for  Nomination 12 

ARTICLE  VII.  THE  COUNTY  ASSEMBLY  AND  COUNTY 
BOARDS  OF  ELECTION — THEIR  POWERS  AND  DUTIES 
DEFINED. 

Sec   1.  Of  what  Composed 12 

Sec.  2.  County  Board  of  Election,  of  what  composed . ...    13 
Sec.  3.  Publishing  County  Election  Returns  for  Nomi-  13 

nation 13 

Sec.  4.  Report  to  State  Board  of  Election 13 

Sec.  5.  Nomination  Declared 13 

Sec.  6.  Tu  Elect  Delegates  to  State  Board  of  Election.  . .   13 
Sec.  7.  County  Returns  to  be  carried  forward  by  State 

Delegates 13 

Sec.  8.  Members  of  Election  Boards  to  be  Sworn 13 


CONTENTS. 


ARTICLE  VIII.  STATE  AND  TERRITORIAL  BOARDS  or  ELEC- 
TION FOR  THE  NOMINATION  or  OFFICERS — THEIR 
POWERS  AND  DUTIES  DEFINED. 

PAGE. 

Sec.  1.  Of  what  Composed  and  Time  of  Meeting 14 

Sec.  2.  Nominations  Declared 14 

Sec.  3.  Publishing  State  Election  Returns  for  Nomina- 
tion      14 

Sec.  4.  Members  of  State  Board  to  be  Sworn 14 

Sec.  5.  To  Elect  Delegates  to  a  National  Board  of  Elec- 
tion      14 

Sec.  6.  State  Returns  to  be  carried  forward  by  National 

Delegates 14 


ARTICLE  IX.  NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  ELECTION  FOR  THE 
NOMINATION  OF  OFFICERS — ITS  POWERS  AND  DUTIES 
DEFINED. 

Sec.  1.  Of  what  Composed 15 

.  Sec.  2.  Time  of  Meeting , 15 

Sec.  3.  Counting  the  Aggregate  Vote 15 

Sec.  4.  Nominations  Declared 15 

Sec.  5.  Members  of  National  Board  to  be  Sworn 15 

ARTICLE  X.  STATE  INDUSTRIAL  ASSEMBLIES  —  THEIR 
POWERS  AND  DUTIES  DEFINED. 

Sec.  1.  Nomination,  Election  and  Composition 16 

Sec.  2.  Meetings 16 

Sec.  3.  Adoption  of  Platform 16 

Sec.  4.  Term  of  Office 16 

Sec.  5.  Members  to  be  Sworn 16 

ARTICLE  XI.  NATIONAL  INDUSTRIAL  ASSEMBLY  —  ITS 
POWERS  AND  DUTIES  DEFINED. 

Sec.  1.  Nomination,  Election  and  Composition 17 

Sec.  2.  Objects  of. 17 

Sec.  3.  To  Adopt  a  National  Platform 17 

Sec.  4.  To  Elect  National  Executive  Officers 17 

Sec.  5.  Duties  of  National  Executive  Officers 17-18 

Sec.  6.  To  be  Sworn 18 

ARTICLE  XII.  LEGISLATIVE  DEPARTMENT  —  ITS  POWERS 
AND  DUTIES  DEFINED. 

Duties  of  Legislators 18 


CONTENTS. 


ARTICLE    XIII.     LOCAL    UNIONS  —  THEIR    POWERS    AND 
DUTIES  DEFINED. 

PAGE. 

Sec.  1.  To  Secure  Proper  Legislation. 18-19 

Sec.  2.  To  Educate  the  People  in  the  Science  of  Govern- 
ment      19 

ARTICLE  XIV.    EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENT  OF  STATE  AND 
NATION — THEIR  POWERS  AND  DUTIES  DEFINED. 

Sec.  1.  Executive  Officers 19 

Sec.  2.  Call  for  Elections 19 

Sec.  3.  To  Fill  Vacancies  and  Term  of  Office 19-20 

Sec.  4.  Executive  Officers  Members  of  Assemblies 20 

ARTICLE  XV.     BREACH  OF  TRUST. 

Sec.  1.  Committees  on  Charges 20 

Sec.  2.  Trial  of  Officers 20 

Sec.  3.  Charges  to  be  made  in  Writing 20 

ARTICLE  XVI.     BY-LAWS. 

Sec.  1.  Rules  of  Order 20-21 

Sec.  2.  Qualification  of  Membership 21 

ARTICLE  XVII.     FINANCIAL  SYSTEM. 

Collection  and  Disbursement  of  Funds 21-23 

ARTICLE  XVIII.     INCIDENTAL  QUESTIONS. 

How  determined ....     23 

ARTICLE  XIX.    AMENDMENTS. 

How  made 23 

NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  ELECTION. 

For  the  Election  of  President  and  Vice-President 24 

NOTE  ON  POPULAR  VOTE  OF  ELECTION .24 


PROPOSED    PLAN 

H  y  <R  1 

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THE  NATIONAL  INDUSTRIAL 

POLITICAL  ORGANIZATION. 


A  nominative  and  elective  system  based  upon 
the  rights,  powers'  and  duties  of  the  people,  com- 
prising a  system  of  checks,  by  which  fraud  in 
the  nominative  and  elective  powers  of  the  people 
and  their  legislators  is  prevented. 

ARTICLE   I. 

ORGANIZATION. 

Name.  SECTION  1.     This  organization  shall  be  called 

THE  NATIONAL  INDUSTRIAL  PARTY. 

It   shall   have  Local  Unions,  County,  State, 
Territorial  and  National  Boards  of  Election. 
Compost-         SEC.   2.     It   shall   have  also,  County,  State, 
payments!   Territorial  and  National  Assemblies  and  Execu- 
tive Departments. 

Executive        SEC.  3.     The  Executive  Department  shall  be 
ments-how  composed  of  a  President,  Vice-President,  Secre- 
composed.    tarv  anc[  Treasurer  of  the  party,  in  each  State 
and    Territory   in   the   LTnion.     The   National 
Executive  Department  shall  consist  of  a  Presi- 
dent, Vice-President,  Secretary  and  Treasurer, 
to  be  elected  by  the  National  Assembly,  until 
otherwise  ordered  by  the  local  unions. 


10  PROPOSED    PLAN    FOR 


AKTICLE  II.    . 

COUNTY,    STATE    AND    NATIONAL    NOMINATIONS. 

Uniform  in  SECTION  1.  The  election  for  the  nomination 
of  President  and  Vice-President  shall  be  held 
on  the  same  day  in  each  State  and  Territory  of 
the  Union. 

Nominations  for  State  and  County  officers 
shall  be  made  to  harmonize  with  all  established 
laws  in  their  respective  States  and  Territories. 

Nomination  SEC.  2.  All  officers,  County,  State,  Territo- 
rial and  National,  and  Presidential  Electors 
required  by  law  to  be  elected,  shall  be  proposed 
and  nominated  by  a  plurality  vote  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  party  through  its  political  organiza- 
tion. 

Nomination  SEC.  3.  Representatives  to  the  State,  Terri- 
torial  and  National  Assemblies,  and  the  Execu- 
tive officers  of  the  State  and  Nation  of  the 
Industrial  Party,  shall  be  proposed  and  nomi- 
nated in  the  same  manner. 


AKTICLE  III. 

LOCAL    UNIONS. 

where  SECTION  1.     Local  Unions  shall  be  organized 

in  each  voting  district  or  ward  in  each  State  and 
Territory  of  the  National  Union;  the  officers 
shall  consist  of  a  President,  First  and  Second 
Vice-Presidents,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

HOW  repre-      SEC.  2.     Any  Union  having  a  membership  of 

sented.        Qne  jlull(jre(j  members,  legal  voters  of  the  ward 

or  district,  who  are  in  good  standing,  shall  be 

entitled  to    one  representative   in    the   County 

Assembly. 


POLITICAL    ORGANIZATION.  11 


SEC.  3.     It  is  the  duty  of  the  Unions  to  work  Duty  of  u 
in  harmony  with  the  County  Assembly,  for  the  ea 
general  good  of  the  party,  and  the  government 
of  their  respective  counties. 


ARTICLE  IV. 

WHO    MAY    VOTE    IN    THE    UNIONS. 

Each  Local  Union  shall  keep  a  register  of  all  Register  of 
its  members  in  good  standing,    and  only  such  J^p'1" 
shall  be  allowed  to  vote  for  the  nomination  of 
elective  officers  and  party  representatives. 

ARTICLE  V. 

PROPOSALS    FOR    NOMINATIONS. 

SECTION  1.     Any  member  of  a  Local  Union,  Proposition 
in  good  standing,  may  propose  a  nominee  forf^01 
any  office  by  registering  the  name  and  residence 
of  the  nominee,  together  with  his  own,  with  the 
Secretary  of  the  Union. 

SEC.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  Nominees 
to  record  the  same,  with  the  name  of  the  office  fered  regls" 
to  be  filled,  and  the  date  of  registration. 

SEC.  3.    The  register  shall  be  closed  to  further  Register 
nominations  thirty  days  previous  to  the  nomi- c  ( 
nating  election,  and  no  person  shall  be  entitled 
to  a  nomination  except  as  herein  provided. 

SEC.  4.     No  person  shall  be  nominated  by  Acceptance 
any  member  unless  he  shall  have  first  consented  tion. 
to  accept  the  nomination  if  elected. 

SEC.  5.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  all  persons  Duty  of 

T     P  •       ,«  i     r>          ^      nominees. 

proposed  for  nomination  to  come  before  the 
Unions,  if  possible,  and  discuss  the  industrial 
interests  of  the  State  and  Nation. 


12  PROPOSED    PLAN    FOR 


Election  for  SEC.  6. .  Not  less  than  thirty  days  after  the 
tionsma"  closing  of  the  register  or  record  of  nominations, 
all  the  Unions  within  the  State  or  county  shall 
hold  an  election  on  the  same  day,  by  ballot,  to 
determine  what  persons  so  proposed  in  the  Local 
Unions  are  the  choice  of  the  members  for  nom- 
inees of  the  party. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

UNION  BOARDS  OF  ELECTION  FOR  THE  NOMI- 
NATION OF  OFFICERS — THEIR  POWERS  AND 
DUTIES  DEFINED. 

Board  of          SECTION  1.     Each  Local  Union  shall  elect  a 
5-  Board  of  Canvassers  prior  to  each  election.    Be- 
fore entering  upon  the  discharge  of  their  duties 
they  shall  be  duly  sworn  to  perform  them  fairly 
and  honestly. 

supervision      SEC.  2.     It  shall  be  their  duty  to  supervise 
of  Elections.  eacj1  e}ectjon?  anc[  to  count  all  the  votes  cast  in 

their  respective  Union  organization. 

Publishing       SEC.  3.     They  shall  publish  the  result  of  all 

ufra^fo/6"  ballotings  immediately,  and  forward  a  copy  of 

nomination,  the  same  to  the  President  of  the  County  Board 

of  Election,   reserving   a   copy  thereof,  which 

shall  be  filed  with  the  Secretarv  of  the  Union. 


AETICLE  VII. 

THE    COUNTY   ASSEMBLY    AND    COUNTY    BOARDS 

OF    ELECTION THEIR    POWERS   AND     DUTIES 

DEFINED. 

of  what          SECTION  1.     The  County  Assembly  shall  be 
composed.    composed  of  the  Local  Union  Presidents  of  the 

County,  and  shall  meet  from  time  to  time,  being 

a  continuous  body. 


POLITICAL    ORGANIZATION. 


SEC.   2.     They   shall    elect   from  their  own  or  \\-imt 
members  a  County  Board   of  Election,  whose compos( 
duty  it  shall  be  to  canvass  the  aggregate  vote  of 
all  the  Unions  in  their  respective  counties. 

SEC.  3.     Said   County  Board   shall   publish  Publishing 
immediately  the  result  of  all  ballotings,  reserv-  tioiTretums 
ing  a  copy  thereof,  which  shall  be  filed  with  the  ^ati"  nini~ 
Secretary  of  the  Assembly. 

SEC.  4.     They   shall   make   returns   to    the  Report  to 
President  of  the  State  Board  of  Election  of  all  o^EieS 
votes  cast  for  State,  Territorial  and  National 
nominations. 

SEC.  5.     The  persons  receiving  the  highest  Nomina- 
number  of  votes  cast  for  each  of  the  respective  ciaredde~ 
county  offices  shall  be  declared  duly  nominated 
by  the  County  Board  of  Election. 

SEC.  6.  The  County  Board  of  Election,  at  TO  elect  dei- 
their  first  session  after  each  State  election,  shall  state8 Board 
also  elect  for  the  ensuing  term  two  of  its  mem- of  Election- 
bers  as  delegates  to  the  State  Board  of  Election. 

SEC.  7.     The  State  delegates  shall  carry  for-  County  re- 
ward a  certified  copy  of  all  the  votes  of  their  carSed°for- 


respective    counties   for  State,    Territorial   and  stlte  Deie- 
National  nominees  to  the  State  Board  of  Elec-  gates. 
tion.     Said  delegates  shall  constitute  the  State 
Board  of  Election.     They  shall  hold  office  until 
their  successors  are  elected. 

SEC.  8.     Before  entering  upon  the  discharge  Members  of 
of   their   duties   the   members   of  the   County  Board! of 
Board  of  Election  shall  be  duly  sworn  to  per-  J^ 
form  them  fairly  and  honestly. 


14  PROPOSED    PLAN    FOR 


AKTICLE  VIII. 

STATE  AND  TERRITORIAL  BOARDS  OF  ELECTION 
FOR  THE  NOMINATION  OF  OFFICERS  -  THEIR 
POWERS  AND  DUTIES  DEFINED. 

Of  what          SECTION  1.     The  State  and  Territorial  Boards 
SeT1'    of  Election  shall  be  composed  of  two  delegates  . 
meeting,      from  each  County  Board  of  Election,  and  shall 
meet  at  the  capital  of  the  State  or  Territory 
immediately  after  the  nominating  election,  and 
count  the  aggregate  vote  of  all  the  counties  in 
their  respective  Slates  or  Territories  for  State, 
Territorial  and  National  nominees. 

Nomina-         SEC.  2.     They  shall  declare  the  persons  re- 
ciaredde~     ceiving   the   highest   number   of  votes  for  the 

State,  Territorial,  and  Congressional  offices,  duly 

nominated  to  the  same. 


SEC.  3.     They  shall  publish  the  result  of  all 
tioneretimis  ballotings  immediately,  and  forward  a  copy  there- 
tf?orif°mina"  of  to   the  NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  ELECTION  of 
all  votes  cast  for  President  arid  Vice-President, 
reserving  a  copy  thereof,  which  shall  be  filed  as 
a  part  of  its  permanent  record. 

Members  SEC.  4.  Before  entering  upon  the  discharge 
Boards6to  be  of  their  duties,  they  shall  be  sworn  to  discharge 
sworn.  them  fairly  and  honestly. 

TO  elect  del-  SEC.  5.  The  State  and  Territorial  Board  of 
NatSVa0!  a  Election  shall  also  elect  two  of  their  members  as 
ISLif  Delegates  to  the  NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  ELEC- 

TION. 

state  re-  SEC.  6.  The  National  Delegates  shall  carry 
carried°for-  a  COP7  of  said  State  and  Territorial  returns  to 

National        ^6  Pres^ent  °f  tne  NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  ELEC- 

Deiegates.    TiON.     Said  National  Board  shall  consist  of  said 
State  and  Territorial  delegates. 


POLITICAL    ORGANIZATION.  15 


ARTICLE  IX. 

NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  ELECTION  FOR  THE  NOMI- 
NATION OF  OFFICERS  —  ITS  POWERS  AND 
DUTIES  DEFINED. 

SECTION  1 .    The  NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  ELEC-  c 
TION  shall  consist  of  two  delegates  from  each 
State  and  Territorial  Board  of  Election. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall  meet  in  the  city  of  Wash-  Time  of 
ington  within  twenty  days  after  each  National  * 
Nominating  Election. 

SEC.  3.     It  shall  receive  and  count  the  aggre-  counting 
gate  vote  cast  for  the  nomination  of  President  Vofe.ega 
and  Vice-President  of  the  United  States,  in   the 
several  States  and  Territories  of  the  Union. 

SEC.  4.     It  shall  declare  the  persons  receiving  Nomina- 
the  highest  number  of  votes  for  President  and  cia?ed.  e~ 
Vice-President   duly  nominated  to  those  offices 
respectively,  and   issue  certificates  to  that  effect 
to  the  persons  so  nominated. 

They  shall  report  their  action  to  the  Execu- 
tive Officers  of  the  several  States  and  Territories 
of  the  Union. 


SEC.  5.  Before  entering  upon  the  discharge  Members  of 
of  their  duties  they  shall  be  duly  sworn  to  dis- Board  to  be 
charge  them  fairly  and  honestly.  sworn. 

All  public  officers  nominated  by  this  system 
shall  be  voted  for  at  the  general  election,  County, 
State,  Territorial  or  National,  against  any  other 
party  nomination. 


16  PROPOSED    PLAN    FOR 


ARTICLE  X. 

STATE    INDUSTRIAL    ASSEMBLIES TO    ADOPT    A 

PLATFORM THEIR      POWERS     AND      DUTIES 

DEFINED. 

xomina-          SECTION  1.     There  shall  be  a  State  Industrial 
tion!  and     Assembly,  nominated  and  elected  directly  from 
tio"lposi"     ^e   Local  Unions   for  each  term,  representing 
the  industrial   classes  of  each  State  and  Terri- 
tory, consisting  of  two  persons  for  each  one  hun- 
dred members  of  each  Local  Union. 

Meeting.  SEC,  2.  They  shall  meet  at  the  call, of  the 
State  President  and  Secretary  in  due  time  for 
the  State  campaign. 

Adoption  of  SEC.  3.  They  shall  consider  and  discuss  the 
industrial  interests  of  the  State  and  Nation,  and 
adopt  a  proposed  code  of  laws  and  the  repeal  of 
unjust  laws,  and  embody  the  same  in  a  State 
platform,  which  shall  be  referred  to  the  whole 
people  at  their  general  election,  State,  Territorial 
or  National,  as  the  case  may  be. 

Term  of  SEC.  4.  Their  term  of  office  shall  be  for  the 
incoming  term,  and  until  their  successors  are 
elected.  This  will  be  about  five  months  before 
each  nominating  State  election. 

Members  to  SEC.  5.  Before  entering  upon  the  discharge 
of  their  duties  they  shall  be  duly  sworn  to  per- 
form their  labors  fairly  and  honestly,  in  the 
interests  of  the  poor  and  industrial  classes  of 
the  people,  to  the  best  of  their  knowledge  and 
ability. 


POLITICAL    ORGANIZATION.  17 


ARTICLE   XL 

NATIONAL  INDUSTRIAL  ASSEMBLY  TO  ADOPT  A 
PLATFORM  —  ITS  POWERS  AND  DUTIES  DE- 
FINED. 

SECTION  1.     There  shall  be  a  National  In-Nomina- 
dustrial  Assembly  nominated  and  elected  directly  tion'and0" 
from   the  Local  Unions  for  each  Presidential  £'/)11"1")S '" 
term,  consisting  of  three  or  not  more  than  six 
persons  from  each  State,  one  or  two  from  each 
Territory  in  the  Union. 

SEC.  2.  It  may  meet  annually,  pursuant  to  Objects  of. 
adjournment  or  at  the  call  of  its  president,  to 
consider  and  discuss  the  laws,  measures  and  the 
policy  of  the  States  and  Nation ;  the  principles  of 
our  industrial  and  financial  economy ;  to  gather, 
arrange  and  publish  statistics  and  facts  respect- 
ing finance,  education,  production,  hours  of 
labor,  and  the  distribution  of  profits  between 
capital  and  labor,  and  determine  the  measures 
best  adapted  to  promote  the  welfare  of  the  Na- 
tion and  all  its  people. 

SEC.  3.     They  shall  adopt  a  proposed  code  of  TO  adopt  a 
laws  and  the  repeal  of  unjust  laws,  and  embody  platform, 
the  same  in  a  platform  for  National  Industrial 
Party. 

SEC.  4.     The  first  National  Assembly  shall  TO  elect 
elect  the  National  Executive  officers  of  the  party  executiye 
for  the  ensuing  term,  and  thereafter  until  the officers- 
members  of  the  Local  Unions  throughout  their 
organization  shall  do  the  same.    They  shall  hold 
office  until  their  successors  are  elected,  and  shall 
constitute  the  National  Executive  officers. 

SEC.  5.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  executive  ^j^' 
officers  to  call  upon  the  several  States  and  Ter-  Executive 
ritories  to  make  nominations  for  President  and  officers- 


18  PROPOSED    PLAN    FOR 


Vice-President  in  due  time  for  the  campaign. 
The  City  of  Washington,  D.  C.,  is  hereby  desig- 
nated as  the  place  of  meeting  of  the  first 
National  Industrial  Assembly,  and  thereafter  to 
be  named  by  it  on  its  adjournment. 

TO  be  sworn  SEC.  6.  Before  entering  upon  the  discharge 
of  their  duties,  they  shall  be  duly  sworn  to  per- 
form their  duties  fairly,  honestly  and  justly,  to 
the  laboring  poor  and  industrial  classes,  to  the 
accumulation  of  wealth  and  the  comforts  of  life, 
to  the  best  of  their  knowledge  and  ability. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

LEGISLATIVE     DEPARTMENT TO     DRAFT     AND 

ADOPT  LAWS  ONLY — ITS  POWERS  AND  DUTIES 
DEFINED. 

Le  ^sTators  ^  ska^  ^e  t^ie  ^ut^  °^  a^  legislators  elected 
by  the  Industrial  Party  to  draft,  support  and 
defend  all  laws  required  by  the  platform  of  the 
party,  and  to  labor  earnestly  for  the  repeal  of 
all  existing  laws  condemned  by  said  platform. 
No  member  of  any  legislative  body  in  the  State 
or  Nation,  elected  by  the  Industrial  Party,  shall 
have  the  right  to  introduce  any  proposed  law  or 
bill  not  named  in  the  party  platform  ;  nor  shall 
he  support  by  his  influence  or  vote,  any  pro- 
posed law  introduced  by  a  member  of  any  other 
party,  not  in  harmony  with  the  principles  and 
policy  of  his  party  as  embodied  in  its  platform. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

LOCAL    UNIONS    FOR     POLITICAL     EDUCATION— 
THEIR    POWERS    AND    DUTIES    DEFINED. 

TO  secure         SECTION  1.     It  shall  not  only  be  the  right 
fart°ionHegis"  but  the  duty  of  the  Unions  to  watch  their  repre- 
sentatives while  performing  their  duty  as  legis- 


POLITICAL    ORGANIZATION.  19 


lators,  but  no  Union  has  the  right  to  instruct  any 
legislator  elected  by  the  Industrial  Party,  in 
regard  to  any  State  policy  that  is  or  is  not 
embodied  in  the  platform,  except  such  special 
laws  as  affect  their  respective  counties  and  intro- 
duced by  a  member  of  another  party. 

SEC.  2.     It  shall  also  be  the  right  and  duty  TO  educate 
of  the  Unions  to  discuss  the  laws  and  policy  of  i£ethe°ple 
the  State  and  Nation,  the  principles  upon  which  science  of 
our  political  and  industrial  system  of  economy  mem 
is  based,   respecting   finance,  rates   of  interest, 
education,  labor,  home  industry,  tariff,  land  and 
all  other  questions  involving  the  comforts,  pro- 
tection and  happiness  of  a  free  people,  and  the 
favorable  evolution  of  future  generations. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

EXECUTIVE    DEPARTMENTS   OF    STATE   AND  NA- 
TION— THEIR  POWERS  AND  DUTIES  DEFINED. 

SEC.  1.  The  party  President,  Vice-President,  Executive 
Secretary  and  Treasurer,  elected  by  the  Unions 
throughout  the  party  organizations,  to  serve  in 
County,  State,  Territorial  and  National  capacity, 
shall  constitute  the  Executive  Officers  in  their 
respective  departments. 

SEC.  2.     When  an  election  is  to  be  held,  the  Call  for  eiee- 
President  and  Secretary  shall  call  for  the  same tlc 
in  due  time.    They  shall  also  call  for  the  election 
of  State,  Territorial  and  National   Assemblies, 
provide  for  mass  meetings,  parades,  and  so  forth. 

SEC.  3.     Said  officers  shall  have  power  to  fill  TO  mi  va- 
all  vacancies  that  may  occur,  in  the  nomination  termer"" 
of  officers,  by  death  or  otherwise,  in  the  absence  office- 
of  action  on  the  part  of  the  Unions  to  fill  the 
same.     Their  term  of  office  shall  continue  dur- 
ing the  State  or  National  campaign,  or  until  their 


20  PROPOSED    PLAN    FOR 


successors  are  elected,  unless  sooner  dismissed  by 
a  majority  vote  of  all  the  Unions  in  their  re- 
spective departments. 
Executive        SEC.  4.    The  President,  Vice-President,  Secre- 

officers  i      m  «     .1 

members  of  tary   and     Ireasurer    of    the    party,    whether 
Assemblies.  County,  State,  Territorial  or  National,  shall  be 

members  of  the  Industrial  Assemblies  in  their 

respective  departments. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

BREACH    OF    TRUST. 

'     ''  's 


u-  -,''  's  ^EC<  **  ^^e  Prudent  ancl  Secretary  of  the 
>s>  party,  Local  Unions,  County,  State,  Territorial 
or  National,  shall,  on  good  evidence  presented, 
call  for  appropriate  Committees  in  their  respec- 
tive departments,  for  tke  examination  and  trial 
of  accused  legislators. 

^EC*  ^'  ^ny  °fficer  wno>  m  tne  discharge  of 
his  official  duties,  is  accused  of  neglect  or  trans- 
gressing or  infracting  the  principles  of  the  party 
which  elected  him,  shall  be  tried  in  open  session 
by  a  Committee,  MUNICIPAL,  COUNTY,  State, 
Territorial  or  National,  representing  the  constit- 
uency that  elected  him,  and  therein  find  EXON- 
ERATION or  POLITICAL  DEATH.  A  legislator  or 
officer  found  guilty  of  betraying  his  trust,  shall 
resign  his  office  when  properly  called  so  to  do. 

iK-ein       ^EC'    ^'      ~^°    cnar£e   shall   I36    entertained 
writing6  m  against  any  member  of  the  party,  unless  made 

in  writing  by  a  member  of  the  same  in  good 

standing. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 


BY  -  LAWS. 


r  °*f          SECTION  1  .     The  Local  Unions,  County,  State, 

-  Territorial,  and  National  Boards  of  Election,  and 

Industrial  Assemblies,  shall  each  make  By-Laws 


POLITICAL    ORGANIZATION.  21 


and  RULES  OF  ORDER  for  their  own  govern- 
ment, consistent  with  and  subject  to  this  system  of 
organization  and  government  of  the  NATIONAL 
INDUSTRIAL  PARTY. 

SEC.  2.  All  of  said  bodies  or  departments  $!IJj}i?ca~ 
shall  also  determine  the  qualifications  of  their  bership. ei 
own  members. 


ARTICLE  XVII. 

FINANCIAL  SYSTEM. 

The  Financial  System  of  the  National  Indus-  Collection 
trial  Party  shall  be  as  follows :  bursement 

of  Funds. 

First. — The  Local  Unions  shall  collect  an 
initiation  fee  of  twenty-five  cents,  and  ten  cents 
monthly  dues  from  each  member. 

This  shall  be  collected  by  the  Financial  Sec- 
retary and  paid  over  to  the  Treasurer,  taking 
his  receipt  therefor. 

Second. — All  moneys  collected  as  dues  and 
fees  shall  be  apportioned  as  follows : 

For  the  use  of  the  Local  Unions,  seventy-five 
per  cent ; 

For  the  use  of  the  County  Assembly,  twenty 
per  cent ; 

For  the  use  of  the  State  Assembly,  two  per 
cent; 

For  the  use  of  the  State  Board  of  Election, 
one  per  cent ; 

For  the  use  of  the  National  Assembly  and 
the  National  Board  of  Election,  one  per  cent 
each. 

This  shall  be  the  general  fund  of  the  party. 

The  Treasurer   of  each    Local  Union  shall 
forward  twenty-five  per  cent  of  all  moneys  re-  • 
ceived    by   the    Union   to  the  Secretary  of  the 


22  .PROPOSED    PLAN    FOR 


Collection    County  Assembly  every  quarter,  who  will  turn 


and  Dis- 


bursement   the  same  over  to  the  County  Assembly  Treas- 


ol  Funds.      urer 


Whenever  the  State  Industrial  Assembly  shall 
convene,  the  County  Treasurer,  on  the  order  of 
the  County  Assembly,  shall  forward  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  State  Assembly,  eight  per  cent  of 
all  moneys  collected  by  the  County  Assembly 
since  the  meeting  of  the  last  State  Industrial 
Assembly.  This  money  shall  be  turned  over  to 
the  Treasurer  of  the  State  Assembly  for  its  own 
use. 

Whenever  the  State  Board  of  Election  shall 
convene,  the  County  Treasurer,  on  the  order  of 
the  County  Assembly,  shall  forward  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  State  Board  of  Election,  four  per 
cent  of  all  moneys  collected  by  the  County  As- 
sembly during  the  time  intervening  between  the 
last  two  sessions  of  the  State  Industrial  Assem- 
bly. The  Secretary  will  turn  this  money  over  to 
the  Treasurer  of  the  Board  of  Election  for  its 
own  use. 

Twenty  days  before  the  meeting  of  the  Nation- 
al Industrial  Assembly,  the  Treasurer  of  the 
County  Assembly  shall  forward,  by  order  of  the 
Assembly,  to  the  Secretary  of  the  State  Execu- 
tive Department,  eight  per  cent  of  all  moneys 
collected  by  the  County  Assembly  since  the  last 
apportionment  to  the  National  Industrial  As- 
sembly. This  money  shall  be  turned  over  to  the 
Treasurer  of  the  State  Executive  Department 
for  the  use  of  the  National  Industrial  Assembly 
and  the  National  Board  of  Election,  and  shall 
be  disbursed  by  the  Treasurer  as  follows : 

Seventy-five  per  cent  of  all  moneys  received 
by  him  for  this  purdose  shall  be  forwarded  by 
him  to  the.  Secretary  of  the  National  Industrial 


POLITICAL    ORGANIZATION.  23 

Assembly.  The  Secretary  will  turn  this  over  Collection 
to  the  Treasurer  of  the  National  Assembly  for  bursement 
its  own  use.  of  Funds- 

Whenever  the  National  Board  of  Election 
shall  convene,  the  Treasurer  of  the  State  Exec- 
utive department  will  forward,  on  the  order  of 
the  President  and  Secretary,  the  remaining 
twenty-five  per  cent  held  by  him  to  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  National  Board  of  Election,  who 
will  turn  it  over  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Na- 
tional Board  for  its  own  use.  In  all  cases 
where  money  is  transferred  from  one  department 
to  another,  the  order  shall  be  duly  recorded  in 
the  regular  minutes  of  the  meeting,  and  proper 
receipts  shall  be  taken  therefor  and  be  placed 
on  file. 

ARTICLE    XVIII. 

INCIDENTAL    QUESTIONS. 

All  questions  arising  not  herein  provided  for,  incidental 
within  the  jurisdiction  of  each  department,  Local,  Hmfde^8' 
State,  Territorial  and  National,  shall  be  de-  termined. 
termined  by  a  majority  vote  in  each  case. 


ARTICLE   XIX. 

AMENDMENTS. 

The  details  of  this  plan  shall  govern  the  Na-  HOW  made. 
tional  Industrial  Party.  It  shall  be  altered  or 
amended  only  by  propositions  made  by  members 
of  the  Unions,  and  with  the  approval  of  a  ma- 
jority vote  of  all  the  Union  members  in  each 
State  of  the  National  Union,-  together  with  a 
majority  vote  of  all  their  representatives  in  the 
National  Assembly. 


24  NATIONAL    ELECTION. 


NATIONAL  BOARD  OF  ELECTION 

FOR      THE     ELECTION     OF     PRESIDENT     AND     VICE-PRES- 
IDENT  THE    PLAN    OF    THE    NATIONAL     INDUSTRIAL 

PARTY. 

When  a  general  election  is  to  be  held  for  the  election  of 
President  and  Vice-President  by  a  popular  vote.  There 
shall  be  not  less  than  two  persons  elected  from  each 
State  and  Territory  to  act  instead  of  electors. 

Their  duty  shall  be  to  carry  forward  to  the  National 
Board  of  Election  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  the  returns  of 
their  respective  States  and  Territories,  and  there  count 
the  aggregate  of  all  votes  cast  for  President  and  Vice- 
President.  The  persons  receiving  the  highest  number 
of  votes  for  said  offices  shall  be  declared  duly  elected 
President  and  Vice- President  of  the  United  States,  and 
certificates  to  that  effect  shall  be  issued  to  said  persons 
by  said  Board  of  Election. 

NOTE  ON  POPULAR  ELECTION. 

The  plan  here  presented  for  the  election  of  President 
and  Vice-President  (by  a  popular  vote)  is  one  that  will 
harmonize  with  the  nominative  and  elective  system  of 
the  National  Industrial  Party,  and  we  believe  it  will  com- 
mend itself  to  the  thoughtful  consideration  of  every  honest, 
intelligent  voter  in  the  country.  We  believe  there  is  no 
valid  reason  why  the  President,  Vice-President  and 
"State  Senators  should  not  be  elected  by  popular  vote,  and 
we  believe  that  at  no  distant  day  they  will  be  so  elected, 
and  consequently  more  in  harmony  with  a  people's  gov- 
ernment. 

The  plan  is  therefore  inserted  here  for  the  consider- 
ation of  all  parties  looking  forward  to  the  time  when  the 
nomination  and  election  of  President  and  Vice-President 
and  Senators  shall  be  by  direct  vote  of  the  people. — THE 
AUTHOR. 


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